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Nothing bad about fruit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olive

'fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing bad about' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'bad' becomes 'evil' ('evil' is associated in meaning with 'bad').
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'evil' backwards is 'live'.
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'

(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Greyish-green colour" , "Yellowish-green - fruit" , "One [TYPE OF TREE] is from the Mediterranean" , "Girl's name; tree" , "yellowish green" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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